Before Approving, Rauner Makes Sure Medical Pot Is Properly Managed

Rauner says he wants to make sure the state’s medical marijuana pilot program – authorized by a law signed on Aug. 1, 2013 — has been properly managed. Fair enough. Our concern is that he doesn’t just run out the clock on the current pilot program, due to expire in 2017, and let the initiative die.

That would be unfair to the legitimate entrepreneurs who have paid some $5 million in fees for a chance to run a medical marijuana cultivation center or dispensary.